Bhakta Kannappa

Bhakta Kannappa
Directed by Bapu
Produced by U. Suryanarayana Raju
Written by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Starring Krishnam Raju
Vanisree
M. Balaiah
Rao Gopal Rao
Sarathi
Allu Ramalingaiah
Sreedhar Surapaneni
Mukkamala
M. Prabhakar Reddy
Music by Chellapilla Satyam
Cinematography V. S. R. Swamy
M. V. Raghu
Edited by Mandapati Ramachandraiah
Release dates
1976
Country India
Language Telugu

Bhakta Kannappa (English title: Devotee Kannappa) is a 1976 Telugu film directed by Bapu. It is based on the life of Shaiva devotee, Kannappa Nayanar.

Credits

Cast

Crew

Production

Krishnam Raju got inspired by Ben-Hur (1959) and wanted to make a film like that and made this film. For songs recording, the unit went to tribal areas and composed their tunes and rhythms as songs for the film. In fact, the song "Enniyallo" was based on the research they had done.[1]

Songs

Box-office

The fim is a blockbuster and ran for 1 year.[2]

Awards

References

External links

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